PFAS News

Texas Sues Chemical Manufacturers for Deceptive PFAS Marketing

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Dec. 11 against manufacturers 3M and DuPont for misrepresenting the health risks of products made with forever chemicals The lawsuit alleges the companies for decades manufactured, marketed, and sold an array …

Texas Farmers Say Forever Chemicals in Fertilizer Poisoned Their Land

JOHNSON COUNTY — Tony Coleman recognizes the signs all too well. A cow drools strings of saliva. Then it starts to limp, each step slower. Then it grows stiff. Then it’s quick. There’s nothing to be done. The cow dies. …

Farm Bill Becomes Lightning Rod in Wisconsin Senate Race

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde has repeatedly defended his self-professed lack of knowledge about the U.S. farm bill in the campaign’s closing days, after first saying in a debate that he is “not an expert” …

Aspen’s Orseck Explains the Growing Impact of PFAS [Video]

As research has evolved on the effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), correlations are being made to medical conditions within people exposed—and that’s about everyone to some degree. “We’re ingesting this stuff for years and years, to the point …

Reinsurance Outlook to ‘Neutral’; US to Push for Double-Digit Casualty Increases

Fitch Ratings said reinsurers are likely to push for double-digit U.S. casualty rate increases during January renewals to keep up with loss trends from social inflation. The rating agency in a new report changed its outlook of the global reinsurance …

Trojan Condoms Contain ‘Forever Chemicals,’ Lawsuit Claims

A new lawsuit on Monday claims that Trojan condoms are not safe because they contain toxic “forever chemicals,” which have been linked to cancer. In a proposed class action filed in Manhattan federal court, the plaintiff Matthew Goodman said Church …

Underwriters Wary of PFAS Amid ‘Superstorm’ of Litigation, Regulation

As litigation and regulation increase around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), insurance underwriting is tightening across lines. Insurance professionals who specialize in PFAS say insurers are mandating coverage exclusions and, in some cases, declining to write liability policies at all …

Cleanup Progresses After Spill of Firefighting Foam at Former Navy Base

Firefighting foam in a hangar at Brunswick Executive Airport has been been removed, and mitigation is underway on four retention ponds following Maine’s biggest accidental spill of the fire suppressant on record, officials said Monday. The Maine Center for Disease …

Connecticut Firefighters Sue DuPont, 3M, Honeywell Over Allegedly Contaminated Gear

DuPont, 3M, Honeywell and 16 other defendants were sued on Tuesday by Connecticut firefighters who said their protective gear was contaminated by toxic “forever chemicals” linked to cancer. Lawyers for the plaintiffs said they believed the proposed class action filed …

BASF to Pay $316 million to Settle PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Lawsuit

German chemical company BASF said on Tuesday it reached a $316.5 million settlement with some U.S. public water systems that claimed toxic “forever chemicals” in firefighting foam made by the company contaminated their water supplies. The money provided by the …